Date:         Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:26:15 -0400
Reply-To:     Ya Huang <ya.huang@AMYLIN.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Ya Huang <ya.huang@AMYLIN.COM>
Subject:      Re: .sd2 extension
Comments: To: fatosus@GMAIL.COM

*.sd2 is pc sas v6 version, you need to add v6 option in the libname
statement, so that SAS can recognize it:

libname birth v6 "c:\pr\bdata";

On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:32:53 -0400, Fatos Simsek <fatosus@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>My problem is with the sas data set extensions. The data sets I have were
>sas data sets until the 9.1.3 version upgrade was performed. I am guessing
>that after the upgrade datasets have received .sd2 extension???  State99
>data below, for example, was a sas data set but now it is state99.sd2.  How
>can I resolve a problem such as this:
>
>977  libname birth 'c:\pr\bdata';
>
>NOTE: Libname BIRTH refers to the same physical library as BDATA.
>
>NOTE: Libref BIRTH was successfully assigned as follows:
>
>      Engine:        V9
>
>      Physical Name: C:\PR\BData
>
>978
>
>979  options fmtsearch=(pr2.format99);
>
>980
>
>981  data pr99;
>
>982  set  pr99.state99;
>
>ERROR: File PR99.state99.DATA is not a SAS data set.
>
>.
>
>.
>
>.
>
>.
>
>NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
>WARNING: The data set WORK.PR99 may be incomplete.  When this step was
>stopped there were 0 observations and 2 variables.